Thursday, 28 April 2011

New synths - Kawai PHM Pop module, eKeys 37, TQ49

Another eBay goodie, a Kawai PHM Pop module. I was a bit disconcerted to find that it doesn't have a headphone output, but once I got a sound out of it, it turns out to have a nice mixture of K1-style pad sounds, FM-like tones and cheesy drum machine patterns. Not bad for £25-odd. I also got an eKeys 37, a useful sized USB keyboard - and for £5 from a charity shop, an old TQ49 USB MIDI keyboard, which I assumed would be useful, but it turns out it's so ancient that I can't find USB drivers for it. It powers up though, so I've been able to use it as a purely MIDI device, despite its lack of anything fancy like controllers or channel settings.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Hi there,

Crazy question, since this post is now several years old: do you still have that TQ49 keyboard? If so, would you be willing to part with it? I have one myself, and would like another, for a specific application. Please let me know :)